Chapter 4: New Friends and Feelings
"Raven, sweetie, Tim can explain this project for you. We'll be working on it for the next two weeks."
"I'll be sure she understands, Ms, Lancing!"
Mrs. Lancing smiled and walked away.
"So…" Raven began.
"Let's get one thing straight about us," Tim snapped, "You sit by the side and pretend to be doing something while I do this project by MYSELF!"
Raven was taken aback, but regained her posture almost immediately. "Aren't we the nice one?" She said sarcastically.
"Sorry," Tim murmered, "I just hate when I have a partner. I'd rather work alone. No one to tell me what to do. I guess I like the peace, you know what I'm saying?"
"Funny thing is...I do,"Raven smiled slightly. She had turned around, now facing the boy. For the first time, she actually took in his features. He had hazel eyes with brown hair with a few blonde highlights. His skin was tnned and he was wearing a "Green Day" shirt with baggy khaki jeans. To be truthful, he was quite...cute.Raven was surprised at what she was seeing. There was only another boy she felt the same way about. It was...
NO WAIT!What was she thinking? No! She coldn't feel that way about "him!" He proabbly liked someone else...or did he? No, what was she thinking. He would never like her. (a/n: she's thinking about the "other" boy, not tim...for those who are confused.)
"I'm sorry for my outburst. We never really got to introduce ourselves. I'm Tim or Timothy Reuven. And you are?"
"Oh," Raven stammered, snapping out of her thoughts, "I'm Rachel Black." She noticed he was looking at her strangely. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," his voice was so distant, "I just noticed that you looka lot like this super hero-heroine in our city. But that's not possible..."
Raven nearly choked even if she had nothing in her mouth."W...what?" was all she could stutter. Oh no, had Tim already discovered her secret. Was she really that obvious?
"Oh, I'm sorry, You porbably have no idea what I'm talking about. There's this girl named Raven in this group called the Teen Titans. There's Robin, who's the leader and Cyborg, who's a well...cyborg...and Beast Boy, who's an animal shape shifter and Starfire...who's this alien. SHe's really pretty and can shoot starbolts from her hands and eyes. Last, there's Raven. I like her hte best. She's so mysterious and I just love her powers. She can levitate things and read people's minds and heal people. It's awesome!"
Raven tried to sound surprised. "Oh really? They sound interesting!"
"They are, without them, we would never survive."
"Why do you like Raven the most?"
"Oh...well..." Tim blushed, "You may find this weird, but I think we have a lot in common. I remember reading this interview on the newspaper by Connor O' Riley with Raven. It said she enjoyed reading and meditating. I'm practically a book nerd and I find meditating to be very interesting. It said hse loved peace and quiet and her favorite food was tea. Well, my grandmother actually owned a little tea shop. I used to visit it alot and I supposed that was why I love tea so much today. It's something that I can't quite explain, but I feel she and I have this connection even though we don't know each other a bit."
Yes, it did seem weird, but somehow, Raven understood what the boy was saying. She nodded her head to show she unsterstood. Opening her mouth, she began to say...RING! The beel erupted and everyone quickly gotup, eager to go to their next class and away from the stuffy old library. "What's your next class?" she asked.
"Math...in room 147." Tim replied as he, too, collected his books, "What about you?"
"I have the same. What a coincedence." Raven walked out of the classroom. followed by Tim. She felt happy for some reason, and she liked it. She hoped this feeling would never go away...
"Excellent Victor! Beautiful strike!" the coach yelled as Victor slammed the volleyball hard onto the other side of the net. The other team groaned again as they had been losing violently ever since Victor was put onto the court. It was obvious he had talent and was very athletic, not to mention overly competetive. It was right away everyone could tell he was going to be a favorite. Finally the game ended, with Victor's (a.k.a Cyborg) team beating the other team by a mile.
Cyborg walked into the locker room, he hadn't made many friends yet, only the girl hehad bumped into earlier, who' name was Amanda Johnson really said hi to him during Gym. They were in different gym classes, but today the two classes were playing together. Cyborg had ovserved that Amanda was also vey good at volleyball. She excelled at her seves and always landed on her feet. She was a very graceful person. After getting changed back into his regular cothes, Victor walked out to be greeted by Amanda, who was waiting for him. SHe smiled when she saw him.
"What are you doing here?" he asked as he walked up to her, a goofy smile plastered on his face.
"I thought I should show you around. It was hte least I could do for knocking into you earlier?"
"What about your friends?"
"They can survive a few minutes without me right?"
He laughed. He seemed to be doing that a lot around her. "Well, if you insist. My next class is in Room 147. So, where's that?"
"Well, I wouldn't have to worry about being late cu that's where I'm going. Come on follow me." They walked awhile in silence when Amanda suddenly asked, "So, did you make any friends?"
"Not really, but I have two friends in my next class. Their names are Garfield Logan and Rachel Black."
"Oh, that's nice to know. Who knows, maybe they've made some friends that they could introduce to you. We're here!"
"Ladies first,"
"You're such a sweetie." With that, they both entered the the classroom to be greeted by Rachel and her friend Tim.
How's that for Cyborg? A lil flirtin...wink wink
Over the past peroid, Gary (a.ka. B.B) learned to zone out the shrill voice of Ms. Hartford. He passed notes to Michelle and they talked throughout the whole period. She had a sense of humor, and loved to tell jokes. She laughed when Gary made a joke (or was she laughing at him?). Anyways, Gary was happy he had befriended her.
At the end of class, they headed out the door. They had amth together next and Michelle agreed to show him where the class was.
"Hey Mich!" someone called right when Gary and her stepped out the door. Gary turned around and saw a boy with chocolate brown eyes and short brown hair. Gary immediately noticed the resemblence between Michelle and the boy.
"Are you two twins or something?" Gary questioned.
Michelle nodded as the boy caught up. He ruffled her hair as she smiled at him. He looked at Gary.
"We're no twins, don't listen to her. I'm her older brother." He said proudly as Michelle slapped him on the arm.
"YOU'RE ONLY OLDER BY A MINUTE!" she huffed.
"EHH! WRONG ANSWER! A MINUTE AND 15 SECONDS! IN YOUR FACE!" he burst out laughing as Michele sighed.
"Meet by older brother, Dan. Dan, say hi to Gary."
"I know who Garfield Logan is. He made quite a scene at the beginning of class with Mrs. Hartford."
Gary blushed a deep shade of red. "I...it...um..."
"Don't worry, I was only joking." Dan laughed again. He seemed like such an easy-going person. Gary liked that. (a/n: Dan is alsoin Science with MIchelle and Gary)
They made they're way to Math class, joking and laughing their heads off at their pathetic, yet amusing jokes.
OK...THIS CHAPTER IS DONE. SORRY, THERE WAS NO STARFIRE OR?AND ROBIN IN THIS ONE...THERE WILL BE NEXT ONE. CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISM ALLOWED BUT NO FLAMES PLEASE. PLEASE R&R..i WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANKS!